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Glebe Mines Ltd

Glebe Mines Ltd. Based at Cavendish Mill, Derbyshire Mining Operations in Peak District National Park Cavendish Mill Processing Plant Principally UK Customer base UK self sufficient in AG production Business Development - Mining Projects Canada Scotland.

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Glebe Mines Ltd

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  1. Glebe Mines Ltd • Based at Cavendish Mill, Derbyshire • Mining Operations in Peak District National Park • Cavendish Mill Processing Plant • Principally UK Customer base • UK self sufficient in AG production • Business Development - Mining Projects • Canada • Scotland

  2. Cavendish Mill & No.1 Tailings Dam

  3. Glebe Mines Ltd • Commercial • £7M/a Turnover • £2.5M/a contribution to local economy • Employment • 57 Direct Staff • 25 Direct Contract Staff • Total 130 Direct and Indirect Jobs

  4. Glebe Mines Ltd • Products • Acid Grade Fluorspar 60-65kte/a • Barytes 15-20kte/a • Lead Concentrate 1kte/a • Limestone Aggregate 150kte/a

  5. Glebe Mines Ltd • Geological Setting • Carboniferous Limestone Host • Vertically Orientated Fissure Fill Deposits • +6km Length • Up to 30m wide • Worked to 150m bgl • Veins Truncated by Volcanics/ Shales • Replacement Deposits also significant • Peak District NP is only UK source of Fluorspar

  6. Glebe Mines Ltd • Crude Ore Supply • Surface & Underground Extraction • 98% Supplied from GML Operations • Operational Management • Planning • H&S • Environmental

  7. Watersaw Mine Arthurton West No.4 Tailings Lagoon Bow Rake Longstone Edge 2001 Deep Rake

  8. Watersaw Mine

  9. Glebe Mines Ltd • Underground Operations • Milldam - C&M (under review) • Watersaw - Active • Trackless Sub-Level caving method • 16te rubber tyred u/g dump trucks • 25,000 te/a (5% of supply to Cavendish Mill) • 6 men employed by GML • 5y Plan - 25% of overall supply

  10. Watersaw Mine Compound

  11. Watersaw Mine - Access

  12. Watersaw Mine - Drilling

  13. Watersaw Mine - Drilling

  14. Watersaw Mine - Load/ Haul

  15. Glebe Mines Ltd • Surface Open Pits • Principal GML Operations • Arthurton West (150,000te/a) • Bow Rake (50,000 te/a) • Winster (100,000 te/a) • No.1 Dam (100,000 te/a) • 30 - 45 te 360o Hydraulic Excavators • 25 - 40 te Articulated Dump Trucks

  16. Deep Rake Bow Rake Longstone Edge

  17. Arthurton West

  18. Arthurton West

  19. Bow Rake

  20. Glebe Mines Ltd • Surface Open Pits - Management • Sensitive Environment (Peak District National Park) • Overburden Minimisation • Narrow Open Pits • Increased Operating Costs • Geotechnical Assessments • Pre-shear blasting • Rock bolts/ mesh • High Access Scaling Teams • High Degree Management Control

  21. Bow Rake High Wall Pre-Shear Face

  22. Glebe Mines Ltd Typical Open Pits - Sustainable Developments • Small scale, transient and of limited duration - a temporary land-use • Full restoration, often with added bio-diversity • Minimal environmental impacts verses significant local and national economic contribution • Guaranteed restoration (3-fold management)

  23. Glebe Mines Ltd • Restoration Mechanisms • Progressive (direct operating cost) • Accounting Provision (FRS12 - levied on each tonne) • Insurance Bonds (ring fenced from company accounts)

  24. Deep Rake Restoration

  25. Landform Restoration Deep Rake

  26. Glebe Mines Ltd • Planning • National Park Environment • National Significance of Minerals • Relatively Small Nature of Deposits • Frequent Planning Applications • EIA Requirements • Monitoring • e.g Winster Moor Open Pit

  27. Glebe Mines Ltd Winster Moor Open Pit • +4 years from exploration to consent • 7.1Ha, 376,000 tonnes • 4 years extraction with progressive restoration • 1 year final restoration to agriculture • Restoration bond • S106 - Surrender of Mineral Rights on Longstone Edge

  28. Glebe Mines Ltd • Cavendish Mill Process • 500,000 te/a crude ore • Crushing • Dense Media Separation • Grinding • Froth Flotation • Filtration • Drying

  29. Cavendish Mill Crude Ore Stockpile

  30. Crushing

  31. Dense Media Separation

  32. Grinding

  33. Froth Flotation Fluorspar & Lead

  34. Flotation Cell Lead

  35. Vacuum Filtration

  36. Bagging

  37. No.4 Tailings Dam

  38. No.4 Tailings Lagoon Deep Rake Longstone Edge 2001

  39. Deep Rake 2003

  40. Glebe Mines Ltd • Research & Development • FIESTA £750k (3 years) • POLYTRANS €5.5M (2 years) • MIRO • MAUK • University of Leicester • University of Leeds

  41. Glebe Mines Ltd

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